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Five favourites from 2010-11

With the 2010-11 season now over,
we've taken a quick look back at five of our favourite video clips from the website over the past 12 months.

1. John Macfarlane hand-painting the sets for Cinderella

This exclusive behind-the-scenes footage shows John Macfarlane alongside his 1:25 scale model of the set for Cinderella, as he hand-painted the enormous cloths in the Royal Opera House workshops. One of the first clips of the 2010-11 season, it was also one of the first videos on our Creating Cinderella back-stage blog.

2. Studio rehearsals for Carmina burana

"It gives the dancers a chance to move in a different way to the classical ballet that they're
used to", said David Bintley of his piece Carmina burana. For those who didn't get the chance to see the production when we danced it in June 2010, this clip demonstrates just some of what David was talking about. Both Céline and Tyrone were promoted this year - click here for a full list of Company promotions

3. Peter Wright's productions of the classics

For video excerpts that formed part of the Company's 2010 Royal Gala, Director David Bintley and Director Laureate Peter Wright each discussed the artistic work of the other. With Peter's productions of Coppélia and The Sleeping Beauty both being performed in early 2011, we revisited the original interviews to create this clip, which also included previously unseen moments of dance footage.

4. David Bintley's Cinderella diaries

David recorded video diaries throughout the process of creating Cinderella, which offered behind-the-scenes glimpses of the creative process right up to the day after the premiere. But it was the above example which proved unexpectedly notable, as David, speaking directly to camera, explained the parallels between Cinderella's situation and his own childhood anxieties.

5. Our first ever blooper reel!

Earlier this year Company dancers Kristen McGarrity and Steven Monteith recorded a behind-the-scenes clip for us in which they talked us through the costumes they had worn for previous performances of Coppélia. The shoot took slightly longer than anticipated, due to the fits of giggles that the two friends brought out in one another, resulting in an entire reel of outtakes which they were kind enough to let us share!